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The Habitat Gala 2016
The Habitat Gala, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, will be held Saturday, March 12 at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem. The event begins at 8 p.m. and will include live music by the band Punch, an open bar, a silent...
Habitat Offering Home Maintenance and Repair Classes for Women
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County has launched the Women’s Work Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Home Maintenance Program, offering classes exclusively for women who are interested in learning how to do their own simple home maintenance and repairs. The Women’s Work DIY...
Kernersville ReStore Grand Opening
The new Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Kernersville will hold a grand opening celebration on Saturday, January 9. The store is located at 619 N. Main St. in the Northwood Plaza Shopping Center in Kernersville. A ribbon cutting and remarks by Mayor Dawn...
Spring 2015 Newsletter
In the Spring 2015 Newsletter a note from the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, Sylvia Oberle, discusses the expanse of our affiliate's training program to individuals outside of the homeownership program. Access to the...
Labor of Love Documentary
Labor of Love: The Healing Build, a short documentary about grieving individuals coming together to build a Habitat house for a family in Winston-Salem, will air on WUNC-TV at 5 p.m. on January 3. Labor of Love, written and produced by Stone’s Throw Films, chronicles...
Habitat for Humanity to become a Homeowner
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County has found a new home off University Parkway. The nonprofit organization is buying the Contract Office Furnishings Inc. building and warehouse at 1023 W. 14th St. from Capital Bank and expects to close on the deal...
2013 – 2014
Habitat Forsyth was able to work with 29 new families on their new construction, remodeling, or home preservation projects during the 2014 fiscal year, as well as receiving $853,561 in mortgage payments from families currently in the homeownership program....
Spring 2014 Newsletter
This May we will be holding Habitat Forsyth's first Hammerbird 5K and Fun Run/Walk the morning of our 19th annual BirdFest, starting and ending at the site of our new ReStore off of Coliseum Drive. This newsletter features a map of the Boston-Thurmond...
Allen Joines Proclaims March 4th “Habitat Collegiate Challenge Day”
On March 4th, 2014 Mayor Allen Joines made the following proclamation: WHEREAS: The mission of Habitat for Humanity International is to create a world in which everyone has a safe, decent place to live, and WHEREAS: Habitat is celebrating the 25th Anniversary...
Location is everything for Winston-Salem ReStore
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Eva Gray-Allen qualifies as a perfect example of why Habitat for Humanity moved its ReStore to a new building on Coliseum Drive. “The old location was behind where my grandson goes to school, but I never made it over there,” said...